5 must-read design books like Walkable City Rules: 101 Steps to Making Better Places by Jeff Speck

Cover of Walkable City Rules: 101 Steps to Making Better Places by Jeff Speck

Walkable City Rules: 101 Steps to Making Better Places

By: Jeff Speck

4.36

Format: 312 pages, Paperback

Nearly every US city would like to be more walkable—for reasons of health, wealth, and the environm…

If you liked the design plot in Walkable City Rules: 101 Steps to Making Better Places by Jeff Speck , here is a list of 5 books like this:

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1. The Death and Life of Great American Cities

By: Jane Jacobs

4.30

Format: 472 pages, Hardcover

A direct and fundamentally optimistic indictment of the short-sightedness and intellectual arroganc… read more

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  • architecture
  • politics
  • urban planning
  • nonfiction
  • design
  • urbanism
  • cities
  • sociology
"We expect too much of new buildings, and too little of ourselves."

-Jane Jacobs, The Death and Life of Great American Cities

"Traffic congestion is caused by vehicles, not by people in themselves."

-Jane Jacobs, The Death and Life of Great American Cities

"Most sentimental ideas imply, at bottom, a deep if unacknowledged disrespect."

-Jane Jacobs, The Death and Life of Great American Cities

"When distance and convenience sets in; the small, the various and the personal wither away."

-Jane Jacobs, The Death and Life of Great American Cities

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2. Streetfight: Handbook for an Urban Revolution

By: Janette Sadik-Khan , Seth Solomonow

4.27

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

An empowering road map for rethinking, reinvigorating, and redesigning our cities, from a pioneer i… read more

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  • architecture
  • politics
  • urban planning
  • nonfiction
  • urban
  • design
  • urbanism
  • cities
  • urban design
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3. Happy City: Transforming Our Lives Through Urban Design

By: Charles Montgomery

4.12

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Charles Montgomery's Happy Citywill revolutionize the way we think about urban life. After decades … read more

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  • architecture
  • urban planning
  • nonfiction
  • urbanism
  • design
  • cities
  • urban design
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4. The High Cost of Free Parking

By: Donald C. Shoup

3.79

Format: 298 pages, Hardcover

American drivers park for free on nearly ninety-nine percent of their car trips, and cities require… read more

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  • urban planning
  • nonfiction
  • urban
  • urbanism
  • cities
Cover of Worth Dying For: The Power and Politics of Flags by Tim  Marshall

5. Worth Dying For: The Power and Politics of Flags

By: Tim Marshall

4.03

Format: 96 pages, Hardcover

When you see your nation's flag fluttering in the breeze, what do you feel? For thousands of years … read more

Similar categories in Tim Marshall's Worth Dying For: The Power and Politics of Flags book and Jeff Speck's Walkable City Rules: 101 Steps to Making Better Places

  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • sociology
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6. The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America

By: Richard Rothstein

2.89

Format: None pages, Hardcover

In this groundbreaking history of the modern American metropolis, Richard Rothstein, a leading auth… read more

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  • politics
  • nonfiction
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7. Cities for People

By: Jan Gehl

3.90

Format: 77 pages, Hardcover

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  • architecture
  • urban planning
  • nonfiction
  • urban
  • urbanism
  • cities
  • urban design

8. Green Metropolis: What the City Can Teach the Country About True Sustainability

By: David Owen

4.09

Format: None pages, Hardcover

A challenging, controversial, and highly readable look at our lives, our world, and our future. In … read more

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9. Paved Paradise: How Parking Explains the World

By: Henry Grabar

4.20

Format: 368 pages, Kindle Edition

An entertaining, enlightening, and utterly original investigation into one of the most quietly infl… read more

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  • politics
  • urban planning
  • nonfiction
  • urbanism
  • cities
  • sociology
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10. Strong Towns: A Bottom-Up Revolution to Rebuild American Prosperity

By: Charles L. Marohn Jr.

4.26

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

A new way forward for sustainable quality of life in cities of all sizes Strong Towns: A Bottom-… read more

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  • politics
  • urban planning
  • nonfiction
  • urbanism
  • urban
  • cities
  • urban design
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11. Soft City: Building Density for Everyday Life

By: David Sim

4.38

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

Imagine waking up to the gentle noises of the city, and moving through your day with complete confi… read more

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  • architecture
  • urban planning
  • nonfiction
  • urban
  • design
  • urbanism
  • cities
  • urban design
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12. Confessions of a Recovering Engineer: Transportation for a Strong Town

By: Charles L. Marohn Jr.

4.26

Format: 256 pages, ebook

Discover insider secrets of how America's transportation system is designed, funded, and built - an… read more

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  • politics
  • urban planning
  • nonfiction
  • urbanism
  • cities
  • sociology
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13. Palaces for the People: How Social Infrastructure Can Help Fight Inequality, Polarization, and the Decline of Civic Life

By: Eric Klinenberg

3.97

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

An eminent sociologist and bestselling author offers an inspiring blueprint for rebuilding our frac… read more

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  • architecture
  • politics
  • urban planning
  • nonfiction
  • urbanism
  • cities
  • sociology
"Democracy must begin at home, and its home is the neighborly community."

-Eric Klinenberg, Palaces for the People: How Social Infrastructure Can Help Fight Inequality, Polarization, and the Decline of Civic Life

"Even the Internet, which was supposed to deliver unprecedented cultural diversity ad democratic communication, has become an echo chamber where people see and hear what they already believe."

-Eric Klinenberg, Palaces for the People: How Social Infrastructure Can Help Fight Inequality, Polarization, and the Decline of Civic Life

"Today, our communities are full of children whose future, like Jelani's, will be formed in the places where they go to learn about themselves and the world they'll inherit. They deserve palaces. Whet…"

-Eric Klinenberg, Palaces for the People: How Social Infrastructure Can Help Fight Inequality, Polarization, and the Decline of Civic Life

"The accessible physical space of the library is not the only factor that makes it work well as social infrastructure. The institution's extensive programming, organized by a professional staff that u…"

-Eric Klinenberg, Palaces for the People: How Social Infrastructure Can Help Fight Inequality, Polarization, and the Decline of Civic Life

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14. Arbitrary Lines: How Zoning Broke the American City and How to Fix It

By: M. Nolan Gray

4.18

Format: 240 pages, Paperback

What if scrapping one flawed policy could bring US cities closer to addressing debilitating housing… read more

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  • architecture
  • politics
  • urban planning
  • nonfiction
  • urban
  • urbanism
  • cities
Cover of Carmageddon: How Cars Make Life Worse and What to Do About It by Daniel Knowles

15. Carmageddon: How Cars Make Life Worse and What to Do About It

By: Daniel Knowles

4.27

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

A high-octane polemic against cars—which are ruining the world, while making us unhappy and unhealt… read more

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  • politics
  • urban planning
  • nonfiction
  • urbanism
  • sociology
Cover of Curbing Traffic: The Human Case for Fewer Cars in Our Lives by Melissa Bruntlett

16. Curbing Traffic: The Human Case for Fewer Cars in Our Lives

By: Melissa Bruntlett

4.41

Format: 240 pages, Paperback

In 2019, mobility experts Melissa and Chris Bruntlett began a new adventure in Delft in the Netherl… read more

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  • architecture
  • politics
  • urban planning
  • nonfiction
  • urban
  • urbanism
  • cities
  • urban design
Cover of Walkable City Rules: 101 Steps to Making Better Places by Jeff Speck

17. Walkable City Rules: 101 Steps to Making Better Places

By: Jeff Speck

4.36

Format: 312 pages, Paperback

Nearly every US city would like to be more walkable—for reasons of health, wealth, and the environm… read more

Similar categories in Jeff Speck's Walkable City Rules: 101 Steps to Making Better Places book and Jeff Speck's Walkable City Rules: 101 Steps to Making Better Places

  • architecture
  • politics
  • urban planning
  • nonfiction
  • urban
  • design
  • urbanism
  • cities
  • urban design
  • sociology
Cover of Building the Cycling City: The Dutch Blueprint for Urban Vitality by Melissa Bruntlett

18. Building the Cycling City: The Dutch Blueprint for Urban Vitality

By: Melissa Bruntlett

4.17

Format: 240 pages, Paperback

In car-clogged urban areas across the world, the humble bicycle is enjoying a second life as a legi… read more

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  • politics
  • urban planning
  • nonfiction
  • urbanism
  • urban
  • cities
  • urban design
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19. There Are No Accidents

By: Jessie Singer

4.33

Format: None pages, None

A journalist recounts the surprising history of accidents and reveals how they’ve come to define al… read more

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  • politics
  • urban planning
  • nonfiction
  • urbanism
  • urban
  • sociology
"It is an act of love to demand accountability for the dead. And it takes rage to prevent the same accidents from happening again."

-Jessie Singer, There Are No Accidents

"Blame and the punishment that follows may satisfy the thirst for vengeance. But we cannot punish and learn at the same time. Punishment keeps in place the belief that the system is safe and the human…"

-Jessie Singer, There Are No Accidents

Cover of Het recht van de snelste by Thalia Verkade

20. Het recht van de snelste

By: Thalia Verkade

4.18

Format: 264 pages, Paperback

Winnaar van de Brusseprijs voor het beste journalistieke boek van 2020. Steekt een hert de weg … read more

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  • politics
  • urban planning
  • nonfiction
  • urbanism
  • urban
  • cities
  • urban design
Cover of Escaping the Housing Trap: The Strong Towns Response to the Housing Crisis by Charles L. Marohn Jr.

21. Escaping the Housing Trap: The Strong Towns Response to the Housing Crisis

By: Charles L. Marohn Jr.

4.49

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

Explore the past, present, and future of housing in America, as well as solutions to its most press… read more

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  • urban planning
  • nonfiction
  • urbanism
  • cities

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The Death and Life of Great American Cities

Jane Jacobs

4.30

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Streetfight: Handbook for an Urban Revolution

Janette Sadik-Khan , Seth Solomonow

4.27

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Worth Dying For: The Power and Politics of Flags

Tim Marshall

4.03

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The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America

Richard Rothstein

2.89

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Paved Paradise: How Parking Explains the World

Henry Grabar

4.20

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Technofeudalism: What Killed Capitalism

Yanis Varoufakis

4.01

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Frank Bruni

4.13

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Adam Higginbotham

4.60

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